A Car Load of Texas Corn
ca. 1910
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 8.4 x 14 cm (3 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Frame: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.) (Multiple postcards in frame)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, 2007
Accession Number
2007.460.15
Tags
Art Historical Context
This gelatin silver print by George B. Cornish captures the bustling energy of early twentieth-century American agriculture and transportation. Titled *A Car Load of Texas Corn* and dated around 1910, the photograph shows a railway freight car brimming with golden ears of corn, underscoring the vital role railroads played in moving vast harvests from Texas fields to distant markets. Cornish’s straightforward composition emphasizes scale and abundance, turning an everyday industrial scene into a compelling visual record of economic growth. Gelatin silver prints were the dominant photographic m...